Aesthetics: A Comprehensive Anthology

From Plato's Ion to works by contemporary philosophers, this
anthology showcases classic texts to illuminate the development of
philosophical thought about art and the aesthetic. This volume is
the most comprehensive collection of readings on aesthetics and the
philosophy of art currently available.

Brings together the most significant writings in aesthetics and
philosophy of art from the past 2500 years

Each section includes a useful introductory essay which
provides an overview of developments in the field

Broken down into three sections: Historical Sources, Modern
Theories, and Contemporary Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art

Thorough, systematic, and flexible, including two alternative
tables of contents (historical and topical); an ideal textbook and
guide to the field

Steven M. Cahn is Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate
Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of nine
books, including Fate, Logic, and Time, Saints and Scamps:
Ethics in Academia, revised edition, Puzzles and Perplexities,
second edition, and God, Reason, and Religion. He has
also edited or co-edited some thirty volumes, including Classics
of Western Philosophy, now in its seventh edition.

Aaron Meskin is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University
of Leeds. His publications on aesthetics have appeared in the
British Journal of Aesthetics, the Journal of Aesthetics
and Art Criticism, Philosophy and Phenomenological
Research and a number of anthologies. He is also aesthetics
editor for the online journal Philosophy Compass
(Wiley-Blackwell).

“Steven Cahn and Aaron Meskin have put together an unrivalled
collection of great work in philosophical aesthetics, encompassing
historical sources ranging from Plato to Shaftesbury, modern
theories from Schiller to Gadamer, and more recent work covering
all the central areas in contemporary aesthetics and philosophy of
art. I thoroughly recommend it.”Peter Goldie, University of Manchester<!--end-->

“The go-to book for classics in aesthetics from Plato and
Aristotle to Adorno and Walton. Balanced and comprehensive, each
chapter selected with a keen eye for bringing out enduring themes,
this volume is a landmark achievement.”Dominic McIver Lopes, University of British Columbia

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